Vamana Purana — Sin-Destroying Hymn (Part 1), Shloka 13

The Second Sin-Destroying Hymn (Pāpaśamana Stava) and the Syncretic Praise of Hari-Hara

Devanagari script

आर्चिषेण महासेन नमस्ते ऽस्तु पुरुष्टुत वहुकल्प महाकल्प नमस्ते कल्पनामुख

Transliteration

ārciṣeṇa mahāsena namaste 'stu puruṣṭuta vahukalpa mahākalpa namaste kalpanāmukha

Translation

Salutations to You—O Ārciṣeṇa, O Mahāsena—praised by many men. O You of many kalpas, O Great Kalpa; salutations to You, the very source/front (mukha) of the kalpas.

Speakers

• Unspecified stotra-voice addressing Viṣṇu (within the chapter’s Purāṇic dialogue frame)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu

Key Themes

• Cosmic time (Kalpa)
• Aeonic sovereignty
• Divine lordship over hosts
• Praise tradition (stuti)
• Purāṇic cosmology